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  1. 2. constitutional right to reject a decision
  2. 9. powers that are neither prohibited nor explicitly given by law to any organ of government.
  3. 12. compromise agreement between delegates from the Northern and the Southern states at the United States Constitutional Convention (1787) that three-fifths of the slave population would be counted for determining direct taxation and representation in the House of Representatives.
  4. 15. James Madison's _________ outlined a strong national government with three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial.
  5. 18. William Paterson's_________ proposed a unicameral (one-house) legislature with equal votes of states and an executive elected by a national legislature.
  6. 19. person who advocates or supports a system of government in which several states unite under a central authority.
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  1. 1. a Caribbean-born American statesman, politician, legal scholar, military commander, lawyer, banker, and economist.
  2. 3. The__________ created two legislative bodies in Congress.
  3. 4. principle of government under which separate branches are empowered to prevent actions by other branches and are induced to share power.
  4. 5. the ________ established a government for the Northwest Territory, outlined the process for admitting a new state to the Union, and guaranteed that newly created states would be equal to the original thirteen states.
  5. 6. was an agreement among the 13 original states of the United States of America that served as its first constitution.
  6. 7. an armed uprising in Western Massachusetts and Worcester in response to a debt crisis among the citizenry and in opposition to the state government's increased efforts to collect taxes both on individuals and their trades.
  7. 8. The ____________ took place from May 25 to September 17, 1787, in the old Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia.
  8. 10. prevents the government from making laws which regulate an establishment of religion
  9. 11. powers are specifically granted to the federal government
  10. 13. the ___________ laid out the process by which lands west of the Appalachian Mountains were to be surveyed and sold.
  11. 14. ate-18th century movement that opposed the creation of a stronger U.S. federal government
  12. 16. fourth president of the United States
  13. 17. The United States Bill of Rights comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.